Butter-mold.



F. H. DELANEY.

BUTTER MOLD.

APPLICATION FILED MAYIO. x915.

1,15%766. Patented Oct. 26, 1915.

FRED I-I. DELANEY, .OF VALIER, MONTANA.

BUTTER-MOLD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Got. 26, I915.

Application filed May 10, 1915. Serial No. 27,207.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED I-I. DELANEY, a native-born citizen of the United States, residing at Valier, in the county of Teton and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Butter- Molds, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in butter molds and it is an object of the invention to provide a device of this general character having novel and improved means whereby the same may be operated with convenience and facility and whereby all parts of the device are entirely sanitary.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a novel and improveddevice of this general character whereby the butter may be readily delivered within a carton when the occasion so requires.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several partsof my improved butter mold whereby certain important advantages are attained and the same is rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient andadvantageous for use, all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be defined in the appended claim.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a mold constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken through the device as disclosed in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a view in top plan of the device as herein embodied and with the closure panels shown in open adjustment and also illustrating a cutting implement; and Fig. i is a sectional view taken substantially on the line lt of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings 1 denotes a base plate of suitable .dimensions and having secured thereto the parallel side plates 22 spaced apart at a predetermined distance and projecting forwardly of the plate 1 and mounted for reciprocatory movement between said side plates 22 and resting upon the plate 1 is the compression head or block 3. As herein embodied, said compression head or block 3 has operatively engaged therewith an extremity of an operating rod &, the opposite extremity of which being engaged with a crank shaft 5, one extremity of said shaft extending laterally of one of the side plates 2 and adapted to have engaged therewith the operating crank 6. I wish it to be underplates 2 within the compression chamber A;

is gradually restricted as indicated at 7 so that the requisite resistance may be offered to the butter in order to assure its compres sion and the top or upper face of the compression chamber A is adapted to be closed by the panel 8 hingedly secured to one of the side plates 2 and adapted to bridge the spaces therebetween.

The portion of the spaces between the plates 2 immediately in advance of the compression chamber A serves as a receiving chamber B in which the butter to be compressed is initially deposited and the upper portion of the chamber B is adapted to be closed by the panel 9 hingedly secured to one of the side plates 2 and it is to be observed that said panel 9 overlies the panel 8 and serves to maintain said panel 8 in opera-- tive or closed position and in order to maintain the panel 9 in closed position I employ a conventional locking means 10 operating in a manner which is believed to be selfevident.

It is to be observed that the panel 8 when in closed adjustment is positioned within" the recesses 11 produced in the upper marginal portions of the side plates 2 with the upper or outer surfaces of said panel 8, when in closed adjustment, substantially flush with the upper surfaces or edges of the side plates 2 and in order to facilitate compression it is to be observed that the fore edge of the panel 8 is beveled as indicated at 12.

The side plates 2 terminate at a predetermined distance in advance of the rear end of the plate 1 and the upper surface of said plate 1. immediately adjacent the side plates 2 are recessed as at 20 in order to receive the bottom portion of the carton holder M hingedly secured as at 15 to the plate 1 and capable of vertical swinging movement relative to the plate 1 whereby said holder may be readily adjusted into or out of applied position as the occasion may require. The forward end of the holder 14: is open so that p the carton maybe readily positioned therein and the butter forced within the carton when the holder l-l- 1s ad usted mto operative position. A space 16 is afforded-between said holder and the side plates, 2 to permit the passage of a cutting implement 17 whereby the compressed butter may be read- 7 ily severed.

As herein embodied the carton holder 14; comprises two separable sections 17 and. 18 adapted to be clamped in assembled relation through the fasteningmeans 19 which may I be as desired By having the carton holder l ii'ormed of separable sections, it will bereadily appreciated that the various parts may be conveniently and thoroughly cleansed 1 when the occasion so requires. 7 r V lVhen 1t is not desired .to mold the butter thought to be obvious that a butter mold constructed in accordance with my invention 1S of an extremely simple and comparatively inexpensivernature and is particularly well i adapted for use by reason of the convenience an'dtacility with'which it may be assembled and theeft'ectiveness with which it performs its various functions, and it will also be babies of this patentmay be obtained for obvious that my invention may be susceptible of some change and modification without material departure from the principles and spirit thereof, and for this reason I do not wish to be-understood as limiting myself to the precise a 'rangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying my invention in practice except as defined by the appended claim.

I claim:

A mold of the class described, comprising a base plate, parallel side plates carried thereby, a compression head mounted for movement upon the base plate and between the side plates, means for reciprocating said head, the space between the side plates at the inner ends thereof serving as a compression chamber, the height of the side plates comprised within the compression chamber being less than the height of the portions of the plates between which the compression head reciprocates, the space between the plates within the compression chamber being gradually restricted, a cover for the compression chamber, and a cover for the space between the side plates in advance of the compression chamber, said second cover when in closed position overlying the cover of the compression chamber and serving to maintain the cover of the compression chamber in closed position.

In testimonywhereof I hereunto ailix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRED H. DELANEY. Witnesses C. H. KEsLER, H. E. RICHARD.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington. D. G. 

